Sabrina Dent: Freelance web designer, developer and internet marketer living in Cork, Ireland with one dog and a husband in no particular order.
Irish Blog Awards Events Calendar
It’s that time of year again – the 2011 Irish Blog Awards held next weekend in Belfast are nearly upon us, and with that begins a round of social events for the biggest night on the Irish blogging calendar! Get your date books iPhones out – here’s what has been announced and I will add to this list as more events are finalised!
The IBA Belfast Photowalk organised by Davy McDonald kicks off at noon and is a great way to tour Belfast while meeting new people and taking your camera for a spin. Don’t be inimidated – you can shoot using anything from your in-pocket iPhone to your huge DSLR!
Saturday, 19 March, 11:45 am – Belfast City Hall
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Walter Higgens is organising a pre-event meal called Blog Awards Bites with an open table booked for 12 at paul Rankin’s Cayenne. Meal price is £18.50 and you can sign up online; everyone’s welcome!
Saturday, 19 March, 5 pm – Cayenne Restaurant
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The ever-fabulous Ladies Tea Party (where by “tea” we mean “wine, and lots of it”) is all set to go and includes food, drink, dessert and swanky swag bags at £20 per head. Its open to all bloggers, wanna be bloggers and dedicated blog readers and draws a friendly, welcoming crowd!
Saturday, 19 March, 5 pm – Harlem Cafe
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14 Mar 2011
| In: Events | Tags:iba11, ladiesteaparty, meetup, photowalk
Thanks for this m’dear!
14.03.2011, 5:02 pmMy pleasure! I love seeing all the events stack up, it’s like the Academy Awards with all the pre and post event events!
Do I have to wait until Saturday? :sad:
14.03.2011, 5:26 pm (subscribed to comments)Thanks for the mention Sabrina. Surprised there hasn’t been much uptake on the Cayenne booking. Must be a match on or something.
14.03.2011, 5:26 pmSounds great Sabrina, I can’t believ it’s been a year since the ladies “tea” party in the g! I’m sad to be missing it this year as I won’t make it to Belfast :(
14.03.2011, 6:38 pm (subscribed to comments)I’ll have new paintings again on display during the awards. Since I’m travelling up on the Friday I’m planning to make a concerted effort to have them up for the first time before the event starts – people have asked about a pre-show – but I won’t know the lay of the land until I get there.
Nothing to sign up for anyway; they’ll just be in the hotel somewhere in the vicinty of wherever we all are.
14.03.2011, 6:40 pmI’ll give these a plug n that on WDF tomorrow….especially the Cayenne dinner…
14.03.2011, 7:10 pmAh, flip, I meant to organise a music meetup but completely forgot about it. :(
14.03.2011, 7:23 pmGreat Idea Sabrina to list some of the events. Something for everyone. :)
15.03.2011, 2:41 pmAny know where and when the Toyboys are meeting up? I don’t want to miss that event.
15.03.2011, 2:44 pm (subscribed to comments)Thanks Sabrina.
Just like to mention I’m aided and abetted by my co-conspirator: Phil O’Kane (AKA @icedcoffee ) in the organising of the #IBA11Photowalk and we’ve got some pretty interesting locations booked for it too. Really looking forward to this.
Cheers.
15.03.2011, 2:45 pm (subscribed to comments)[...] informal events sprouting up around the awards make for a great day and atmosphere all weekend. See Sabrina Dent for a list of other IBA related events taking [...]
15.03.2011, 5:29 pmWow. That’s an impressive slate. Well organised. Might try to attend the dinner.
15.03.2011, 11:01 pmHi Sabrina. This will be my first IBA’s so really looking forward to attending – thanks for posting the event info, brilliant line up indeed. Just a quick question re the actual awards – is there a dress code or is it as relaxed as it sounds?
16.03.2011, 9:28 am (subscribed to comments)Glad everyone who is going is excited! Me too!
Humphrey, the dress code is “whatever.” It isn’t dressy. (I may go in PJs if I don’t get my arse in gear to do laundry…)
Will dust off the mankini so! (sudden body shudders!) – thanks will jeans and shirt it!
16.03.2011, 10:20 am (subscribed to comments)[...] In other news Walter has a few places left for his foodie meet up on Saturday evening before the Blog Awards. It's roughly priced at £18.50 and takes place in Paul Rankin's Cayenne. This is a great restaurant and well worth a visit when in the town, like. Full details here. Other pre-show events are list here. [...]
16.03.2011, 1:13 pm[...] In the mean time,my dining table is like an assembly station in a goody factory… I better get back to work, or I will never make the party. [...]
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